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Regular features included columns on household economy and child-rearing, along with serialized fiction and reports from local churches and society notices. Unsold column space was filled up with short aphorisms, witticisms, and bits of trivia. | Regular features included columns on household economy and child-rearing, along with serialized fiction and reports from local churches and society notices. Unsold column space was filled up with short aphorisms, witticisms, and bits of trivia. | ||
The paper was an official organ of the [[ | The paper was an official organ of the [[Ancient Free & Accepted Masons of Alabama]], the [[Order of the Eastern Star]], and the [[Knights & Ladies of Honor of the World]]. | ||
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Revision as of 17:27, 30 January 2022
The Voice of the People was an 8-page weekly newspaper published by Mrs C. L. Proctor from offices at 108 18th Street North from the mid 1910s to the early 1920s. It was a member of the National Negro Press Association, and published local, regional, national and international news with a focus on items of interest to African-American readers.
Regular features included columns on household economy and child-rearing, along with serialized fiction and reports from local churches and society notices. Unsold column space was filled up with short aphorisms, witticisms, and bits of trivia.
The paper was an official organ of the Ancient Free & Accepted Masons of Alabama, the Order of the Eastern Star, and the Knights & Ladies of Honor of the World.